The Giant O'Brien by Hilary Mantel

The Giant O'Brien

Hilary Mantel

208 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical literary reflective slow-paced
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His opposite is a man of science, a society surgeon, the famed anatomist John Hunter, employer of a legion of grave robbers. He lusts after the Giant's corpse. Coin is offered, but the Giant refuses. He will be buried; he will assume his throne i...

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